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I have NT running at home and on my computer at the office. I am really tired of waiting for my Serial connection to Hotsynch.

Does anyone know anything about the possibility of adding a USB port to an NT machine? I have heard it can't be done, and that MS could care less about it.

larry

NT Does not, and never will, support USB. However, Windows 2000 (the WinNT upgrade) which is released tomorrow (Feb. 17) Does support USB just fine.

As of now, the USB cradle will not work with windows 2000. Handspring has rumored the release of a windows 2000 compatible driver today. Hopefully the rumor will become fact.

I guess there is that question of whether Win2000 is the WinNT upgrade, or just another step of bringing Windows XX closer to WinNT.

I have enjoyed the stability of WinNT. Win2000? Remains to be seen.

larry

If you have enjoyed the stability of NT, you will love Win2000. Much more stable. A little bit more of a resource hog, but I stopped running NT on my home systems and have moved to 2000 for about 5 months.

As for the USB drivers for win2000, I can't wait....

I can't verify this claim, but here's some info to refute all that's been said on NT never, ever, being able to work with USB. Just remember, it's all a matter of mere programming. Don't let the idiots at Microsoft tell you that you HAVE to upgrade to WIN$2000 to use USB and have NT reliability. I've said my peace. Here's the info:There are companies who make USB adapters and drivers for Win NT 4.0. Inside Out Netowrks makes one they call the "Edgeport." Drivers for it are available for download from their website: www.ionetworks.com/support/epdrivers.html. I tried installing the driver in my Compaq Presario 1690 running NT 4.0 and they installed without any problem. "Devices" in Control Panel shows the USB device to be installed and the service is started. I haven't been able to test it yet, however, because the USB camera I have detects NT and won't install its software. I also uninstalled the driver without any problems and it did not appear to cause any problems in NT or leave anything behind after uninstalling it. You might check this driver out. I'll test if I can come up with another USB peripheral to try it with. If anyone has any success with this or any other driver, please post results here. BTW, there is a list of a number of companies that make USB drivers for various OS's here: www.allusb.com/products/P10276.html